3rd OD: Australia v World XI at Melbourne, 16 Jan 1972

World XI in Australia, 1971/72, 3rd One-Day Match
Australia v World XI
Melbourne Cricket Ground
16 January 1972 (40-over match)

Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Series: 2-match series drawn 1-1 (1 abandoned)

Toss: World XI
Umpires: JR Collins and MG O'Connell

Balls per over: 8

World XI innings (40 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
HM Ackerman                          c & b Walters             16
SM Gavaskar           c Marsh            b Duncan               9
Zaheer Abbas          c Benaud           b Walters             20
RB Kanhai             c Sheahan          b Walters              5
RG Pollock            c Stackpole        b Massie               7
*GS Sobers                               b Massie               0
AW Greig                                 b O'Keeffe             9
RA Hutton             c Marsh            b Walters              1
Intikhab Alam         lbw                b Massie               1
PM Pollock            c Stackpole        b O'Keeffe             4
+RW Taylor            not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 3)                                    3
Total                 (all out, 25.5 overs, 126 mins)          75

FoW: 1-16 (Gavaskar), 2-25 (Ackerman), 3-35 (Kanhai),
    4-56 (RG Pollock), 5-56 (Sobers), 6-60 (Zaheer Abbas),
    7-62 (Hutton), 8-69, 9-72, 10-75 (PM Pollock).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Massie                       8      1     22      3
Duncan                       7      1     21      1
Walters                      8      0     28      4
O'Keeffe                     2.5    1      1      2

Australia innings (target: 76 runs from 40 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
KR Stackpole          not out                                  43  67  55  4 0
RJ Inverarity         not out                                  30  67  65  0 0
Extras                (lb 3)                                    3
Total                 (0 wickets, 15 overs, 67 mins)           76

DNB: *IM Chappell, GS Chappell, J Benaud, KD Walters, AP Sheahan,
    +RW Marsh, KJ O'Keeffe, JRF Duncan, RAL Massie.

FoW: .

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
PM Pollock                   5      0     30      0
Sobers                       5      0     12      0
Greig                        2      0     12      0
Hutton                       2      0     17      0
Kanhai                       1      0      2      0

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

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• 12th Men: TJ Jenner (Australia) and ??? (World XI)
• Attendance: 42,121 ($35,072.00)